'Teeth And Tears Poem by Margaret Alice

[Through Gnashing Of Teeth Rewritten]

I know I’ve been an animal in
previous lives – convinced I’ve
been a dolphin and a crocodile,
now proof I’ve also been a cat

in Michael Ende’s fairy tale the
cat declares he only does things
that gets adrenaline flowing;
I have the same problem exact

no challenge is no-go for me,
a grave failing; still no-one
is kind enough to put an end
to my routine-existence misery

work achieved through gnashing
teeth and tears overflowing –
threats of fire and brimstone
finding things done only halfway

cannot master existence routines,
exhausted, filled with self-loathing
praying for relief in early death –
destined to live my hell on earth

hereafter a purified me will go
straight to heaven, to travel the
universe and beyond, happiest soul
ever to have been a crocodile!